The Way Matt Sees It

A few people told me a few different things about Judgment Day. Some people told me they wished they could be “raptured up”. Someone told me they wished they could be sure if Jesus would actually accept them into heaven. Someone else told me that if they saw Jesus coming down on the white horse, they’d repent right then and there. Well, May 21st ended up not being Judgment Day. No, I am not going to pick apart Harold Camping. Don’t worry about his mumbo-jumbo. Here’s my question: what if he was right? Yes, we know that no one can predict the end of the world. This is addressed numerous times in the Bible, even by Jesus Himself (Jesus: Matthew 24:36/Mark 13:32, also Acts 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10). Harold Camping can even fit under the category of a false prophet. Ok ok, we know this. Let’s get past this stuff for a second though. What if he was RIGHT? While people were unfortunately blinded by this man’s false predictions, several of them spent their time and money tr...

I know some people love to take vacations and can’t wait to get out of their house. Well, I can tell you that I’m not one of those people. I mean don’t get me wrong, I LOVE vacations; my family has gone down the shore, to Boston, Vermont, etc. But it never beats a beautiful, relaxing day at my house with nothing important to do…kind of like today! Except it’s raining. But I love my home! I was having a hard time keeping up with my devotions about a week ago, but I found this passage that really helped me out. In 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Paul is talking about how we are separated from God because of our mortal bodies. Our goal though, is to be pleasing to Him, regardless of where we are (v. 9). What spoke to me the most is verse 8. Paul says that he is confident that we would prefer to be absent from our body and at home with the Lord. Our home is with the Lord. This is how we should feel as Christians. Paul wishes that he could be in Heaven already with Christ, but knows th...